2025–26 Stevenage F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 50th season in the history of Stevenage Football Club and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Stevenage

2025–26 season
Chairman	Phil Wallace
Manager	Alex Revell
Stadium	The Lamex Stadium
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
10 June 2025	CAM	Chem Campbell	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[1]
20 June 2025	LW	Phoenix Patterson	Fleetwood Town	£200,000	[2][3]
1 July 2025[a]	LB	Saxon Earley	Plymouth Argyle	Bosman	[4]
1 July 2025[b]	DM	Jordan Houghton			[5]
11 July 2025	LW	Beryly Lubala	Wycombe Wanderers		[6]
	RB	Jasper Pattenden		Free transfer	[7]
23 July 2025	CAM	Mathaeus Roberts	Ipswich Town	Bosman	[8]
29 July 2025	GK	Filip Marschall	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[9]
11 August 2025	CF	Jovan Malcolm	Gateshead		[10]

Expenditure: £200,000 (excluding undisclosed transfers)

1. The transfer was announced on 9 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Plymouth had expired
2. The transfer was announced on 6 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Plymouth had expired

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
17 June 2025	GK	Rylee Mitchell	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[11]
26 June 2025	CF	Aaron Pressley	Walsall		[12]
29 July 2025		Louis Appéré	Cambridge United		[13]

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	RW	Elliott List	Northampton Town	1 July 2025	[14]
	CF	Makise Evans	Colchester United	11 July 2025	[15]
	RB	Kane Smith	Barnet	15 July 2025	[16][17]
	CM	David Hicks	Reading	4 August 2025	[16][18]
	LW	Kyle Edwards			[16]
	CM	Jake Forster-Caskey			[16]

New Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 14 May, Stevenage announced a pre-season camp in Murcia along with a friendly against Swansea City.^[19] A second fixture was later confirmed, against Milton Keynes Dons.^[20] A behind-closed-doors meeting with Queens Park Rangers was also later added.^[21] In July, a trip to face Bishop's Stortford was added to the schedule.^[22]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Queens Park Rangers v Stevenage

5 July 2025 Friendly	Queens Park Rangers	5–0	Stevenage	Hounslow
12:00 BST	Dembélé 15', 35' Chair 30' Richards 32' Vale 77'	Report		Stadium: TSG Training Centre Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Bishop's Stortford v Stevenage

12 July 2025 Friendly	Bishop's Stortford	1–8	Stevenage	Bishop's Stortford
14:00 BST	Trialist 69'	Report	Doherty 29' Roberts 52', 80' Patterson 68', 90' Trialist 63', 68', 86'	Stadium: Woodside Park

Swansea City v Stevenage

19 July 2025 Friendly	Swansea City	3–2	Stevenage	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
12:00 CEST	Trialist 5' (o.g.) Wales 38' Vipotnik 66'	Report	Sweeney 47' Trialist 57'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Stevenage v Milton Keynes Dons

26 July 2025 Friendly	Stevenage	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Kemp 44' Reid 77'	Report	Hendry 84'	Stadium: Broadhall Way

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Stockport County	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Luton Town	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
5	Stevenage	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
6	Doncaster Rovers	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
7	Bradford City	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[23]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	1	0	0	1	0	+1	1	0	0	3	2	+1

Last updated: 9 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.^[24]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Blackpool v Stevenage

2 August 2025 1	Blackpool	2–3	Stevenage	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Honeyman 6' Finnigan  73' Ennis 79'	Report	Kemp  11', 50' Reid 17', 45+10' (pen.) Roberts  35' Goode  66' Piergianni  68'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,090 (341 away) Referee: Matt Corlett

Stevenage v Rotherham United

9 August 2025 2	Stevenage	1–0	Rotherham United	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Kemp  8' Reid 40' Goode  68' Phillips  87'	Report	Rafferty  35' Raggett  48'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,470 (inc. 658 away) Referee: James Durkin

Stevenage v Northampton Town

16 August 2025 3	Stevenage	v	Northampton Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST				Stadium: Broadhall Way

Port Vale v Stevenage

19 August 2025 4	Port Vale	v	Stevenage	Burslem
19:45 BST				Stadium: Vale Park

Huddersfield Town v Stevenage

23 August 2025 5	Huddersfield Town	v	Stevenage	Huddersfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kirklees Stadium

Stevenage v Wycombe Wanderers

30 August 2025 6	Stevenage	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Stevenage
15:00 BST				Stadium: Broadhall Way

Stevenage v Barnsley

6 September 2025 7	Stevenage	v	Barnsley	Stevenage
15:00 BST				Stadium: Broadhall Way

Mansfield Town v Stevenage

13 September 2025 8	Mansfield Town	v	Stevenage	Mansfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Field Mill

Stevenage v Exeter City

20 September 2025 9	Stevenage	v	Exeter City	Stevenage
15:00 BST				Stadium: Broadhall Way

Leyton Orient v Stevenage

27 September 2025 10	Leyton Orient	v	Stevenage	Leyton
12:30 BST				Stadium: Brisbane Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[25]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Charlton Athletic v Stevenage

12 August 2025 First round	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Stevenage	Charlton
19:45 BST	Leaburn 27' Fullah 36' Berry 77'	Report	Freestone 86'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 4,092 Referee: Craig Hicks

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Stevenage were drawn against AFC Wimbledon, Bromley and Crystal Palace U21 in the group stage.^[26]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	A.F.C. Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Bromley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	L1	Stevenage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	ACA	Crystal Palace U21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

AFC Wimbledon v Stevenage

2 September 2025 South Group E	AFC Wimbledon	v	Stevenage	Wimbledon
19:00 BST				Stadium: Plough Lane

Stevenage v Bromley

7 October 2025 South Group E	Stevenage	v	Bromley	Stevenage
19:00 BST				Stadium: Broadhall Way

Stevenage v Crystal Palace U21

21 October 2025 South Group E	Stevenage	v	Crystal Palace U21	Stevenage
19:00 BST				Stadium: Broadhall Way

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 12 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Filip Marschall	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ATG	Luther James-Wildin	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Dan Butler	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Jordan Houghton	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Carl Piergianni	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Dan Sweeney	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	TRI	Daniel Phillips	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Dan Kemp	3	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Jordan Roberts	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Taye Ashby-Hammond	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Charlie Goode	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Lewis Freestone	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Jasper Pattenden	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Harvey White	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	NIR	Jamie Reid	3	3	2+0	3	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
20	MF	WAL	Chem Campbell	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	WAL	Louis Thompson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Jovan Malcolm	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	WAL	Mathaeus Roberts	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	FW	COD	Beryly Lubala	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Ryan Doherty	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
44	FW	SCO	Phoenix Patterson	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0